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By : Paul Lee E6. Major Technology Companies : Apple & Microsoft. Apple Company. Who started Apple : Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, William Marshal and Robert Apple. Where it begin : Apple was made Cupertino, California . When it begin : on April 1 , 1976 .
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By: Paul Lee E6 Major Technology Companies:Apple & Microsoft
Apple Company • Who started Apple: Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, William Marshal and Robert Apple. • Where it begin: Apple was made Cupertino, California. • When it begin: on April 1,1976. • Major Products: Phones, including: iPhone generation from 1-5, computer, laptop, including: Macbook, Macbook air, Macbook Pro, iMac, iPad/ iPad mini, airport express, airport extreme. Music devices: iPod, iPod nano, iPod shuffle… • Information about their sales in 2011: CUPERTINO, California—October 18, 2011. They announced the result that the Company posted the earn of $47 billion.Apple sold a total of 72.29 million iPhones, 32.39 million iPads and 42.62 million iPods in 2011. • most popular product or products now: iPad mini, iPod touch 5, iPhone 5, Macbook air (mostly brand new).
Microsoft Company • Who started it: Bill Gates III and Paul Allen. • Where it begin: United States • When it begin: April 4, 1975 • Major Products: Software, including: Windows, Office, Windows Explorer, and Skype. Video gaming system: Xbox, Surface. Phone: Windows Phone (Nokia). • Information about their sales in 2011: Xbox earned approximately 23 billion dollars, Skype earn $8.5 billion, Total earnings: $69.94 billion. • Most popular product now: The Surface (the first large touch screen that Microsoft made!), Xbox 360.
Source • http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2011/10/18Apple-Reports-Fourth-Quarter-Results.html • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Inc. • http://www.cultofmac.com/136837/here-are-the-top-apple-products-of-2011-now-choose-the-best-best-of-2011/ • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft • answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20120318080338AAuVnWy • http://www.quora.com/How-much-money-does-Skype-make-1 • http://www.tannerhelland.com/4273/microsoft-money-updated-2012/ • http://wiki.answers.com/Q/When_did_apple_start • apples-2011-idevice-sales-surpassed-total-number-of-all-macs-ever-sold • http://news.teamxbox.com/xbox/9943/NPD-Group-Releases-Xbox-360-Sales-Data/&docTitle=NPD%20Group%20Releases%20Xbox%20360%20Sales%20Data%20-%20Xbox • http://www.statista.com/statistics/155707/total-revenue-of-microsoft-since-2002/ • http://www.pcworld.com/article/242785/apple_by_the_numbers_sales_stores_staff_all_grew_in_2011.html • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_7 • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Console_wars • http://mynokiablog.com/2012/01/11/morganstanley-estimates-20m-q4-sales-for-nokia-1m-lumia-40m-symbian-37m-wp-2012-64m-2013/